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A MAGAZINE FOR ESPOO RESIDENTS<br />
4<br />
<strong>2019</strong><br />
ON A<br />
SUSTAINABLE<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> is Europe’s most<br />
sustainable city. It wants to<br />
show the world that good urban<br />
life can also be possible in the<br />
future.<br />
FINNOO’S NEW SEASIDE<br />
LIVING ROOM<br />
THE BEST EVENTS<br />
THIS WINTER<br />
VIDEO APPOINTMENTS<br />
WITH NURSES
MY ESPOO<br />
TIMO PORTHAN<br />
The joy of<br />
exercise.<br />
Everyone<br />
needs hobbies<br />
and to<br />
experience<br />
success.<br />
IN ADDITION TO<br />
ARTIFICIAL ICE RINKS,<br />
ENTHUSIASTIC SKATERS<br />
CAN FIND MORE THAN<br />
90 OTHER RINKS<br />
AROUND ESPOO.<br />
ULKOLIIKUNTA.FI<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> offers plenty of<br />
places to skate<br />
› <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahti artificial ice rink, <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahdentie 2<br />
› Keski-<strong>Espoo</strong> artificial ice rink,<br />
Keski-<strong>Espoo</strong> Sports Park, Kylävainiontie 18<br />
› Juvanpuisto artificial ice rink,<br />
Juvanpuiston koulu, Juvanpuro 2<br />
› Leppävaara artificial ice rink,<br />
Leppävaara Sports Park, Veräjäpellonkatu 17<br />
› Tapionkenttä artificial ice rink, Kaupinkalliontie 7<br />
› Tapiola Ice Garden, Kirkkopolku<br />
SPECIAL JOY ON ICE<br />
THE LAAKSOLAHTI ice rink is already bustling<br />
with activity at eight o’clock on a Sunday<br />
morning. Some skaters are speeding<br />
around with hockey sticks, while others are<br />
practicing technique with support. Everyone<br />
is excited: this is EKS Special.<br />
“Children with special needs have few<br />
opportunities for hobbies. My son Mats has<br />
been to a lot of ice rinks, as his sisters play<br />
ringette, but I couldn’t find a suitable group<br />
for him. I knew some other people who<br />
were interested, so I decided to establish a<br />
group for children with special needs,” says<br />
EKS Special’s mover and shaker, Teija Malk.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>n Kiekkoseura gave her the green<br />
light, and the group started up last year.<br />
Thanks to funding from the city, participation<br />
is free. The only equipment you need is<br />
skates and a helmet.<br />
“We want to maintain a low threshold for<br />
participation. You don’t have to come every<br />
Sunday, and you can be on the ice for as<br />
long as you feel like.”<br />
So what’s the best thing about Sunday<br />
skating?<br />
“This is one of the nicest days of the<br />
week. I’ve got loads of friends here. We can<br />
pass the puck back and forth, and score<br />
goals,” says Mats.<br />
The professionals have already spotted<br />
this enthusiastic group, which has, for<br />
example, been invited to watch Kiekko-<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>’s matches. To the children’s delight,<br />
two of the team’s “godparents,” Emma<br />
Wood and Tea Villilä, sometimes show up<br />
to Sunday practice as well. The Finnish Ice<br />
Hockey Association has also given the group<br />
an award in recognition of its activities.<br />
JAANA VAINIO<br />
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CONTENTS 4/<strong>2019</strong><br />
A MAGAZINE FOR ESPOO RESIDENTS<br />
4<br />
<strong>2019</strong><br />
8Local nature is<br />
part of sustainable<br />
urban life.<br />
IN THIS ISSUE:<br />
2 MY ESPOO › Special joy on ice<br />
4 EDITORIAL › Jukka Mäkelä<br />
5 PICKS › Young people show us their city<br />
7 AT YOUR SERVICE › Video appointments<br />
8 THEME › At the spearhead of sustainability<br />
12 ACTIVE ESPOO › What’s on this winter?<br />
15 INSIGHT › At the spearhead of innovation<br />
16 PEARL › A library for everyone<br />
18 SERVICE › Finnoo’s seaside living room<br />
20 SWEDISH IN ESPOO › The Nordic region in focus<br />
22 TAKE A BREAK › Suvela’s developmental arc<br />
23 ESPOO PEOPLE › Art at the mall<br />
7Nurse Tanja<br />
Liljegren also<br />
meets patients<br />
via video<br />
appointments.<br />
’’<br />
SPACE FOR<br />
BOTH<br />
QUIET STUDY<br />
AND<br />
WORKING<br />
TOGETHER.<br />
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16<br />
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ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/<strong>2019</strong> >> 3
EDITORIAL<br />
Carbon handprints<br />
can be big<br />
COLLABORATION BETWEEN Fortum, Neste, ST1 and HSY received the “Nobel<br />
Prize” for sustainable development – the Energy Globe World award – at<br />
an international award ceremony held in <strong>Espoo</strong> in November. The City of<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> has previously received awards for its sustainable development.<br />
However, the city cannot build a sustainable future alone – it requires cooperation<br />
between companies, research institutes and residents. We want<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>’s carbon handprint to be larger than its carbon footprint. That’s why<br />
we’re not focusing solely on our own activities. Instead, we’re actively engaging<br />
in work that may even benefit future sustainability on a<br />
global scale.<br />
Awards are a way to create awareness of new technologies<br />
and innovations. The most important climate action in <strong>Espoo</strong><br />
was Fortum’s decision to stop using coal and make its district<br />
heating carbon neutral. Gasum, Neste and ST1 have also<br />
made considerable investments in renewable energy in<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>. Other important partners in the capital city region<br />
include the Smart & Clean Foundation and Climate<br />
Leadership Coalition ry.<br />
As a UN pioneer city, <strong>Espoo</strong> has a special obligation to<br />
seek out new sustainable solutions. We have committed<br />
to achieving sustainable development objectives by<br />
2025. <strong>Espoo</strong> is well prepared for this, and also has an obligation<br />
to promote the spread of good solutions through<br />
collaboration between companies, cities, universities and nations.<br />
JUKKA MÄKELÄ<br />
Mayor<br />
Facebook<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> – Esbo<br />
Updates from different<br />
parts of the city and<br />
pages dedicated to<br />
various operators.<br />
Twitter<br />
@<strong>Espoo</strong>Esbo<br />
Always up to date.<br />
Information, answers<br />
and discussion.<br />
Instagram<br />
@espoonkaupunki<br />
Great moments, events<br />
and landscapes through<br />
the eyes of <strong>Espoo</strong><br />
residents.<br />
” ” ”<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> is growing briskly!<br />
The master plan that is<br />
currently being drawn up<br />
for northern and central<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> will cover almost<br />
a third of the city’s area.<br />
It’s important for residents<br />
to be included<br />
in the development of<br />
their own area from the<br />
outset. Vermonrinne<br />
#residentevent #participatoryespoo<br />
#workingtogether<br />
Aalto University metro<br />
station is still bathed<br />
in autumn colours. You<br />
can check out the new<br />
phase-two station on<br />
the @metrorakentuu<br />
account. Which is your<br />
favourite? Thanks for<br />
the photos @pirittawee<br />
#länsimetro<br />
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PICKS<br />
TIINA PARIKKA AND MIA WECKSTRÖM<br />
4.300<br />
A<br />
predicted approximately 4,300 new homes will have been<br />
built in <strong>Espoo</strong> over the course of <strong>2019</strong>. 3,372 homes were<br />
built between January and September, which is almost 800<br />
more than the corresponding period last year. In the years<br />
ahead, about 85% of new homes will be in apartment blocks.<br />
Vaccination vital<br />
IN FINLAND the typical seasonal flu<br />
period is between November and<br />
April with the epidemic peaking in<br />
February-March. Vaccination is the<br />
best way to protect yourself from flu.<br />
Getting the flu jab protects you and it<br />
protects those around you. The vaccine<br />
reduces the spread of flu and<br />
the illnesses that often follow on<br />
from a case of flu such as pneumonia<br />
and ear infections.<br />
“Statistically, vaccination coverage<br />
in <strong>Espoo</strong> is good. Our aim is to<br />
become number one in Finland this<br />
season,” says City of <strong>Espoo</strong> Medical<br />
Director Eila Erola.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> residents aged 65 and over<br />
will have been invited to have the flu<br />
jab.<br />
“We sent out the letter for the first<br />
time in 2015. It improved the vaccination<br />
cover among seniors considerably,”<br />
says Matti Lyytikäinen,<br />
Director of Services for the Elderly.<br />
Besides the over 65s, children<br />
from six months to age six, pregnant<br />
women and people who are at risk<br />
due to a health condition or treatment<br />
are also entitled to free flu vaccinations.<br />
People not in these categories<br />
can request a vaccine prescription<br />
from their health centre or apply<br />
for the vaccine at a pharmacy and<br />
then book a vaccination appointment.<br />
Flu jabs can also be provided without<br />
an appointment. Check the times on<br />
the back cover.<br />
Read more at: espoo.fi/influenssa<br />
Young people present<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> to international<br />
visitors<br />
UPPER SECONDARY students in <strong>Espoo</strong> attended a course in<br />
Global Communications this autumn. The course included<br />
visits to the US Embassy, Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
and international businesses. The students’ final project was<br />
a presentation of the City of <strong>Espoo</strong> through the eyes of young<br />
people for foreign visitors. It featured the city’s core messages,<br />
such as sustainable development and participation.<br />
“The international visitors that the City receives are usually<br />
experts in various fields, local government managers and<br />
government representatives who are interested in <strong>Espoo</strong>’s<br />
best practice. The young <strong>Espoo</strong> ambassadors will add a valuable<br />
viewpoint on their home city to our international relations,”<br />
says Senior Planning Officer Annika Forstén.<br />
SUURPELTO LIBRARY<br />
IMPROVED<br />
ON 12 August <strong>2019</strong> the name of Opinmäki library in Suurpelto changed<br />
to Suurpelto Library. The change was part of the redevelopment work<br />
that began in spring <strong>2019</strong> to improve the library premises and its services<br />
in line with the wishes of local residents.<br />
The library underwent many changes during the summer. It now<br />
has quiet reading corners and a more diverse range of books, and the<br />
acoustics have been improved. There are also new computers and children’s<br />
and adults’ sections.<br />
Work is continuing through the autumn so that the library will be able<br />
to serve local residents even better, especially in the evenings.<br />
want to include residents in<br />
planning and listen to their views.<br />
Our residents’ forum gives us<br />
valuable information to support our<br />
decision making.<br />
’’We<br />
– DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES SANNA SVAHN<br />
ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/<strong>2019</strong> >> 5
PICKS<br />
A GIFT WITH A<br />
DIFFERENCE<br />
WHAT IF instead of a present to open,<br />
you gave experiences and time together<br />
for Christmas? It would reduce waste and<br />
last-minute shopping panic.<br />
On its Anna jotain muuta (A gift with a difference)<br />
website, Helsinki Region Environmental Services<br />
Authority HSY has put together gift ideas –<br />
experiences to suit all tastes and all ages.<br />
You could give an extreme experience,<br />
concert tickets, a pampering treatment<br />
or a gym membership.<br />
Gift ideas that aren’t just more<br />
stuff can be found at<br />
annajotainmuuta.fi<br />
ESPOO IS part of the nationwide LIFE flying<br />
squirrel project which is studying the protection<br />
of flying squirrels and harmonisation of land<br />
use. The project started last year and will run<br />
until 2025.<br />
“We want to increase the discussion and<br />
provide people with reliable research data<br />
about flying squirrels, what protecting them<br />
really involves and how it affects planning, for<br />
example,” explains environment expert and project<br />
coordinator Laura Ahopelto.<br />
’’<br />
A gift could be<br />
brunch, time spent<br />
together or teaching<br />
someone else an<br />
everyday skill.<br />
Radio tracking<br />
flying squirrels<br />
In <strong>Espoo</strong>, research is being conducted into<br />
whether it is possible to develop land use in<br />
areas covered by the city plan while simultaneously<br />
preserving areas that are important<br />
to flying squirrels. In addition, radio tracking of<br />
flying squirrels has been launched in the Suur-<br />
Tapiola area. A total of five flying squirrels were<br />
fitted with radio trackers in September and<br />
October. The aim is to provide data about the<br />
environment and the routes of flying squirrels,<br />
e.g. when crossing the Länsiväylä motorway.<br />
On-demand ride sharing service<br />
ESPOO’S NEW on-demand ride sharing service launched in<br />
September <strong>2019</strong> and the six-month pilot scheme is set to run<br />
until halfway through March 2020. The extension of the service<br />
in October means it now covers Matinkylä-Olari and northern<br />
Leppävaara.<br />
The journey from the starting point to your destination –<br />
e.g. to one of the five metro stations or four railways stations<br />
in the area covered – is booked directly using the app. Once<br />
you have made your booking, the app shows where you can<br />
pick up your lift. Pick-up and drop-off points are “virtual stops”<br />
typically on street corners.<br />
The system underneath works out the route automatically<br />
and puts people travelling in the same direction together.<br />
The service runs on weekdays from 7:00 to 21:00 and on<br />
Saturdays from 9:00 to 23:00 and it is accessible for wheelchair<br />
users.<br />
Download the app: hsl.fi/viavan-e<br />
PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY ON CROSSINGS<br />
DOES NOT APPLY TO CYCLISTS<br />
THE PIECE on safety (Safety is a feeling) in <strong>Espoo</strong> magazine<br />
3/19 featured a highlight urging cyclists to push their<br />
bikes across pedestrian crossings unless a designated cycle<br />
lane indicated with a broken line continues over the crossing.<br />
A strict interpretation of the Road Traffic Act says<br />
that pedestrian crossings are intended for pedestrians.<br />
However, the Supreme Court has interpreted the Act as<br />
meaning that it is permitted to cross pedestrian crossings<br />
while riding a bike.<br />
This contradiction between interpretations will be<br />
resolved when the new Road Traffic Act enters into force<br />
next June, which states that it is clearly permitted to cross<br />
pedestrian crossings on a bike.<br />
However, it is essential to remember that pedestrian right<br />
of way on pedestrian crossings does not apply to cyclists<br />
unless they have dismounted. When riding a bicycle, the<br />
cyclist must give way to vehicles on the road unless there<br />
are traffic lights indicating otherwise.<br />
after<br />
moving here,<br />
i found...<br />
...my routes,<br />
daily routines,<br />
sports<br />
activities...<br />
pine cone<br />
parties...<br />
...the pine<br />
cone club...<br />
I’M<br />
HOME!<br />
...libraries,<br />
movies,<br />
concerts...<br />
...and<br />
friends!<br />
77% of the people who responded to the residents’ survey said that it is very important that the City of <strong>Espoo</strong><br />
cupore.fi/tutkimus<br />
offers cultural activities. libraries, theatres, concerts and exhibitions are particularly important to local<br />
residents. the respondents also requested activities such as outdoor movie screenings, food events, recreational<br />
opportunities in residential areas, band activities and low-threshold activities where they could meet espoo.fi/espoostory<br />
espoo.fi/espoocult<br />
other people. (a total of 232 people responded to the survey between 4 June and 27 October <strong>2019</strong>.)<br />
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This is how a video appointment works:<br />
AT YOUR SERVICE<br />
TEXT TIINA PARIKKA<br />
PHOTO TIMO PORTHAN<br />
1. Log in to the<br />
appointment portal<br />
using your online<br />
banking credentials<br />
or Mobile ID.<br />
2. Book a video<br />
appointment.<br />
3. A link to the<br />
appointment will be<br />
sent to the email<br />
address you provide.<br />
4. Make sure that<br />
you use a device<br />
with a camera and<br />
microphone for the<br />
appointment.<br />
5. Click the link to<br />
begin the<br />
appointment at the<br />
prescribed time.<br />
* smartphone,<br />
tablet or<br />
computer<br />
From now on,<br />
you won’t necessarily<br />
need to leave home to<br />
get a sick leave certificate.<br />
Nurse Tanja Liljegren has<br />
received nothing but<br />
positive feedback about<br />
the new service.<br />
Behind the Screen<br />
”Video appointments are part of my work,<br />
as they are for all on-call nurses. The only<br />
difference between a video appointment<br />
and an appointment at a health centre is<br />
that you can’t touch the patient. However, patients<br />
that need sick leave are usually suffering from<br />
colds or stomach problems, and their ill-health is<br />
usually clearly visible.<br />
I’ve been involved in this project since the pilot<br />
phase in 2016. Here at Samaria Health Centre, we’ve<br />
been offering online appointments since the beginning<br />
of the year and have had about 600 video meetings<br />
to date. The service has been gradually introduced<br />
at other health centres, too.<br />
In the early stages in particular, we asked customers<br />
for their opinions of the service and the<br />
feedback has been nothing but positive. The service<br />
has been praised for being easy to use, and<br />
because it means that people don’t have to leave<br />
home when they’re sick.<br />
Video appointments are just one of the<br />
digital health services that we are continually<br />
developing. The next one will be the Omaolo<br />
service – a questionnaire that will help you determine<br />
which kind of treatment you should seek.<br />
In the future, you may even be able to have a<br />
doctor’s appointment online.<br />
I also man the phone service and work as a<br />
wound dresser. And I’ve just graduated as an advanced<br />
practice nurse, that is, I also have the right<br />
to prescribe medication.”<br />
Nurse Tanja Liljegren<br />
has worked at the<br />
Samaria healthcare<br />
centre for seven years.<br />
She considers video<br />
appointments to be a<br />
natural part of her job<br />
description. “My work<br />
is always changing, and<br />
new working methods<br />
will be introduced.”<br />
4/<strong>2019</strong> ESPOO MAGAZINE >> 7
THEME<br />
2030<br />
BY 2030, ALL ENERGY<br />
PRODUCED IN ESPOO WILL<br />
BE FROM RENEWABLE<br />
SOURCES.<br />
5G<br />
THE 5G BASE STATION IN KERA<br />
HAS ENABLED THE FIRST TEST<br />
DRIVES OF ROBOT BUSES.<br />
Text Tiina Parikka<br />
Illustration Susanna Tuononen<br />
AT THE SPEARHEAD<br />
OF SUSTAINABILITY<br />
8
–5%<br />
ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER<br />
RESIDENT FELL BY 5 PER CENT<br />
BETWEEN 1990 AND 2016.<br />
102 000<br />
IN 2040, 102,000 PEOPLE<br />
ARE EXPECTED TO USE<br />
THE JOKERI LIGHT RAIL<br />
EVERY WEEKDAY.<br />
Being a pioneer in sustainable<br />
development, becoming carbon<br />
neutral by 2030 and retaining our<br />
title as Europe’s most sustainable<br />
city will require expertise,<br />
connections and a strong will.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> has all of these.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> has committed to<br />
achieving the UN’s Sustainable<br />
Development Goals by<br />
2025. <strong>Espoo</strong> has twice been<br />
proven to be Europe’s most sustainable<br />
city and wants to retain its position.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> intends to be a completely<br />
carbon-neutral city by 2030.<br />
“We want <strong>Espoo</strong>’s carbon handprint<br />
to be many times that of its<br />
residents’ carbon footprints. This<br />
means that we’re working with our<br />
partners to develop solutions that<br />
will act as concrete examples of how<br />
carbon-neutral urban life is in fact<br />
possible,” says Pasi Laitala, Director<br />
of Sustainable Development.<br />
These major objectives have not<br />
surfaced by chance. <strong>Espoo</strong> is well<br />
prepared for this development work:<br />
technological expertise, research,<br />
education, and actors who want this<br />
and will make it possible.<br />
“The city’s Sustainable <strong>Espoo</strong> programme<br />
crosses traditional local<br />
government borders. We have a<br />
mandate to collaborate with companies<br />
and other organisations in<br />
a brand-new way. We’re developing<br />
new solutions with companies, who<br />
›<br />
4/<strong>2019</strong> ESPOO MAGAZINE >> 9
THEME<br />
A CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP THE<br />
ENVIRONMENT AND RECYCLE<br />
ON 7 November, the the <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahden lukio upper secondary school organised a thorough<br />
cleaning. The school held a recycling day when all of the school’s students and teachers<br />
could bring in their surplus belongings. Any items that didn’t find new owners during the<br />
campaign were donated to charity.<br />
A volunteer task force also cleaned up the area around the school. A litter-collection campaign<br />
was run during breaktime, with all grades cleaning up their own designated area.<br />
You can read more about the <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahden lukio upper secondary school’s sustainable development<br />
campaigns in the school’s magazine Esposti (jylla.fi/osallistu/esposti-verkkolehti).<br />
102.7 kg<br />
During biology lessons, the <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahden lukio upper secondary<br />
school monitored the volume of biowaste generated<br />
by the school cafeteria. 106.2 kilos of biowaste were generated<br />
by the joint cafeteria that it shares with the adjacent<br />
secondary school during the second week of September.<br />
The upper secondary school students organised the ‘Clean<br />
Your Plate’ campaign in Week 43 (21–25 October), but the<br />
volume of waste generated only fell to 102.7 kilos.<br />
will also launch them in other markets<br />
in which they operate. This will<br />
increase the impact of our work and<br />
support the development of urban<br />
solutions. This model also interests<br />
investors, and we have received a<br />
good amount of external funding for<br />
our development work,” says Laitala.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> seeks to be a pioneer in<br />
smart urban development, climate<br />
work, circular economy, and the digitalisation<br />
required to support them.<br />
The city has begun working towards<br />
these objectives through five key development<br />
areas. These are smart<br />
urban solutions, low-emission and<br />
smart transport, carbon-neutral energy,<br />
responsibility, and the local environment.<br />
LIFE IN A 5G NETWORK.<br />
Kera has been selected as a test<br />
laboratory for smart urban solutions.<br />
The idea is to develop smart<br />
and clean urban solutions based<br />
on 5G network technology, such as<br />
automatic bus traffic, smart energy<br />
solutions, and smooth-running<br />
commercial services.<br />
The first 5G base station has been<br />
erected and residents have been<br />
able to test the world’s first robot<br />
bus that can cope with winter conditions.<br />
The bus was built in Otaniemi<br />
and has been tested on a route that<br />
runs between Kera railway station<br />
and Nokia Campus. In accordance<br />
with the goals set for the Sustainable<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> programme, the robot bus<br />
should become a permanent feature<br />
in <strong>Espoo</strong> by the end of the current<br />
council term.<br />
ROBOT BUSES are just one<br />
solution for lower-emission transport.<br />
An on-demand ride service has<br />
already been tested as part of public<br />
transport.<br />
“With HSL’s tendered app, you<br />
can order a ride from, for example,<br />
home to the metro station or from<br />
the station to your workplace. The<br />
app will tell you when your ride will<br />
arrive and how long the journey<br />
will take. A minibus will collect pas-<br />
sengers travelling along the same<br />
route and take them to the end of<br />
the connecting route,” says Laitala,<br />
describing the pilot that has been<br />
launched in Matinkylä, Tapiola, Kera<br />
and Leppävaara.<br />
Bus rides in Leppävaara are already<br />
emission-free, as the area uses<br />
quiet, emission-free electric buses.<br />
Laitala encourages all <strong>Espoo</strong> residents<br />
to do their bit for emissionfree<br />
transport.<br />
“We’re working towards greater<br />
use of locally produced and emission-free<br />
solutions for transport,<br />
that is, a sufficient number of electric<br />
car charging stations, gas filling<br />
stations and renewable diesel.<br />
There are many alternatives to fossil<br />
fuels. Many of us already have the<br />
chance to decide what kind of energy<br />
choices we’ll make with regard<br />
to driving cars,” says Laitala.<br />
CLIMATE EMISSIONS.<br />
The majority of <strong>Espoo</strong>’s climate<br />
emissions stem from heat production<br />
and electricity consumption.<br />
’’<br />
WE WANT ESPOO’S<br />
CARBON HANDPRINT<br />
TO BE MANY TIMES<br />
THAT OF ITS RESIDENTS’<br />
CARBON FOOTPRINTS.<br />
10
60 %<br />
ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF ES-<br />
POO IS COVERED BY FO-<br />
REST. THERE ARE 82 NA-<br />
TURE CONSERVATION ARE-<br />
AS COVERING A TOTAL OF<br />
3,200 HECTARES.<br />
NEW FROM old. In early <strong>2019</strong>, Inex’s former Kilo Logistics Centre<br />
moved from its premises in Kera to the new logistics zone in<br />
Sipoo to make room for a new residential area. However, the<br />
existing industrial buildings will not be demolished quite yet,<br />
as it will be 15 years before the area becomes completely residential.<br />
Affordable premises have now been leased to sports<br />
entrepreneurs and small-scale food producers. It’s hoped that<br />
artists and recreational activities will also find their way there.<br />
Premises can be rented for a very short period, as the buildings<br />
will be demolished within 2–10 years. The aim is to re-use<br />
and recycle not only the buildings themselves, but also the<br />
materials used in their construction and interior decoration.<br />
157 kg<br />
IN 2018, PEOPLE LIVING IN<br />
THE CAPITAL CITY REGION<br />
GENERATED AN AVERAGE OF<br />
157 KG OF MIXED WASTE. 76%<br />
OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN<br />
RECYCLED.<br />
The goal is for <strong>Espoo</strong>’s energy production<br />
to be completely carbon<br />
neutral by 2030.<br />
New energy solutions are being<br />
developed and introduced, particularly<br />
in collaboration with Fortum as<br />
part of the <strong>Espoo</strong> Clean Heat project,<br />
which seeks to make district heating<br />
carbon neutral during the 2020s.<br />
One of Fortum’s two coal-burning<br />
units in <strong>Espoo</strong> will be closed next<br />
summer – and a new bio-heating<br />
facility will start up in Kivenlahti.<br />
Otaniemi’s geothermal heat plant is<br />
expected to start up next autumn.<br />
It will be the geothermal heat plant<br />
with the deepest borehole in the<br />
world. A new heat pump unit that<br />
will utilise waste heat from wastewater<br />
will be opened at the Suomenoja<br />
power plant in 2021. These<br />
measures will enable <strong>Espoo</strong> to make<br />
its district heating production fifty<br />
per cent carbon neutral in 2022. The<br />
aim is to stop using coal completely<br />
in 2025.<br />
Fortum also collaborated on the<br />
Smart Living project implemented<br />
by <strong>Espoo</strong>n Asunnot Oy. Almost all<br />
of <strong>Espoo</strong>n Asunnot’s 15,000 apartments<br />
now have smart energy control<br />
and are heated using Eco Heat.<br />
“Eco Heat is generated by recovering<br />
the heat from wastewater at<br />
the Suomenoja power plant, and it<br />
produces enough energy to cover 15<br />
per cent of <strong>Espoo</strong>’s district heating<br />
requirements. <strong>Espoo</strong> residents are<br />
very interested in the environmental<br />
impact of energy solutions. Innovations<br />
such as smart heating control<br />
have been used to improve indoor<br />
air conditions in apartments and to<br />
reduce indoor temperature variations,”<br />
says Laitala.<br />
PARTICIPATION.<br />
An interim report submitted during<br />
the summer shows that one of the<br />
programme’s challenges is to get<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> residents to participate and<br />
take responsibility. Cooperation<br />
with schools has been developed,<br />
and sustainable development will<br />
be a theme in <strong>Espoo</strong> schools this<br />
year.<br />
“We’ve started collaborating with<br />
three upper secondary schools. As<br />
part of their coursework, students<br />
will come up with concrete suggestions<br />
for things such as low-carbon<br />
transport and circular economybased<br />
food production,” says Project<br />
Manager Helena Kyrki.<br />
There is also a need for improvement<br />
in waste sorting.<br />
“Hopefully, all <strong>Espoo</strong> residents<br />
will be able to sort their waste better<br />
in the future, thereby enabling materials<br />
to be processed and reused.”<br />
“Small housing companies with<br />
more than five apartments will<br />
have improved opportunities to<br />
sort waste from the beginning of<br />
2021, but when it comes to detached<br />
homes, waste sorting still rests<br />
on the homeowner’s level of<br />
enthusiasm and and the sorting<br />
stations we develop for them,”<br />
says Laitala.<br />
LOCAL NATURE.<br />
All surveys have indicated that, for<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> residents, local nature is one<br />
of the most important things about<br />
their hometown. We want to keep<br />
nurturing this attitude, and to offer<br />
opportunities for outdoor pursuits<br />
and relaxation in the local environment.<br />
“It’s an affordable and ecological<br />
way to relax, and forests also act as<br />
carbon sinks for the city.”<br />
Local nature is considered during<br />
zoning, but <strong>Espoo</strong> also wants to encourage<br />
its residents to take care of<br />
their local environment.<br />
“Last summer, the city tested<br />
fixed volunteer stations where volunteers<br />
could collect equipment<br />
to clean up the environment. Associations<br />
have also been offered the<br />
chance to collect funds during trials<br />
of chargeable volunteer work,” says<br />
Kyrki, giving a few examples. “We<br />
became a UN sustainable development<br />
pioneer by working together<br />
to improve everyday sustainability:<br />
each person’s own actions coupled<br />
with the city’s proactive efforts<br />
with partners in areas that individuals<br />
cannot influence, such as energy<br />
production solutions or public<br />
transport,” says Laitala.<br />
Some changes must also be adapted to<br />
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE is an integral<br />
aspect of sustainable urban development<br />
strategy. However, we can no longer prevent<br />
all of the changes – we will simply have to<br />
adapt to some climate change phenomena.<br />
The most significant risks include heat and,<br />
in particular, stormwater problems caused by<br />
flooding and heavy rain in old, densely built<br />
residential neighbourhoods.<br />
“Nature also acts as a thermostat, and will<br />
enable you to refresh yourself even in hot<br />
weather. When it comes to housing, housing<br />
companies will naturally come up with their<br />
own solutions and residents can choose<br />
the materials they use in their own homes.<br />
But the city can also provide information and<br />
recommend solutions for managing temperature<br />
conditions,” says Pasi Laitala, who<br />
is also the director of the Sustainable <strong>Espoo</strong><br />
programme.<br />
Kirkkojärvi is one of the areas that is most<br />
at risk from flooding in <strong>Espoo</strong>. Underpasses<br />
in particular also flood easily.<br />
“Maintenance plays a large role in this.<br />
New area development plans always include<br />
stormwater plans for draining rainwater and<br />
thaw water,” says Laitala.<br />
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WHATS ON IN DECEMBER–FEBRUARY<br />
DECEMBER<br />
INDEPENDENCE DAY<br />
CONCERT LIVE<br />
THE TRADITIONAL Independence Day<br />
party for all <strong>Espoo</strong> residents will take<br />
place on 6 December at <strong>Espoo</strong> Metro<br />
Areena. The performers will be Tapiolan<br />
nuoret sinfonikot conducted by Erkki<br />
Lasonpalo and soloists Ilkka Alanko,<br />
Krista Siegfrids, Tami Pohjola, violin<br />
and Aurora Marthens, soprano.<br />
Tickets for the concert usually go<br />
very quickly. Admission is free. You can<br />
check whether tickets are still available<br />
when this magazine is published<br />
at lippu.fi.<br />
The City also offers the opportunity<br />
to take part in the celebrations to<br />
people who have not managed to get a<br />
ticket or watch the concert in person.<br />
The concert will be broadcast live and<br />
you can watch online at espoo.fi/livetapahtumat.<br />
After the party is over, the<br />
recording can be watched online until 5<br />
January.<br />
VILLE THURMAN<br />
GIVE A SONG<br />
FOR CHRISTMAS<br />
– CHRISTMAS<br />
CONCERT OF THE<br />
YEAR<br />
THIS YEAR, Arja Saijonmaa, Paula<br />
Koivuniemi, Antti Ketonen, Aste,<br />
Kyösti Mäkimattila, Mira Luoti and<br />
Irina give Finland a Christmas present<br />
with a difference. In its second year,<br />
this concert features completely new<br />
songs and familiar beloved Christmas<br />
classics. Give a song for Christmas is<br />
performed live at <strong>Espoo</strong> Cultural Centre’s<br />
Tapiolasali and broadcast live on<br />
Radio Suomi. The concert will also be<br />
recorded and Yle TV1 will broadcast it<br />
on Christmas Day <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Highlight<br />
New Year will be celebrated<br />
in <strong>Espoo</strong> Cathedral’s fairytale<br />
illuminated park on Tuesday<br />
31 December.<br />
See the programme in detail<br />
and the timetable at<br />
espoo.fi/kaupunkitapahtumat<br />
› Give a song for Christmas concert<br />
14.12 7 p.m. <strong>Espoo</strong> Cultural Centre<br />
Tapiolasali. Tickets €29 + delivery<br />
(from €1), lippu.fi<br />
› Independence Day concert Friday<br />
6 December, 14:00, <strong>Espoo</strong> Metro<br />
Areena.<br />
Ilkka Alanko is<br />
one of the<br />
performers<br />
at the<br />
Independence<br />
Day concert.<br />
QUIZZING AT THE<br />
LIBRARY<br />
THE HEHKULAMPPU pub quiz is an<br />
event developed jointly by Kaulahti<br />
library and the nearby Lyhty bar.<br />
Lyhty has been hosting quiz nights<br />
every other Tuesday through the<br />
autumn.<br />
The questions are based on a<br />
book, film or CD in the collections<br />
of five libraries. The answers can<br />
be found in the work and the topics<br />
it features. The material will be in<br />
the library the week before the<br />
quiz and is always on show until the<br />
date of the quiz itself.<br />
“We’d had a long-term aim of<br />
getting people to visit the library<br />
more often. This way, we get people<br />
into the library to explore the material<br />
and we get to highlight works<br />
that they might not necessarily<br />
have thought about looking out,”<br />
says pub quiz questionmaster and<br />
library advisor Ville Thurman from<br />
Kauklahti library.<br />
The last quiz of the year will<br />
be held on the second Tuesday in<br />
December. Teams of 1 to 4 compete<br />
in the quiz and there is a prize<br />
for the winning team. During the<br />
quiz there are a range of beverages<br />
on offer, including non-alcoholic<br />
drinks.<br />
› Hehkulamppu pub quiz Tues<br />
10 December 18:00–21:00 at<br />
Olut- ja viinitupa Lyhty.<br />
PRAM MEET-UP FOR<br />
ALL THE FAMILY<br />
JOULU SE TULLA<br />
JOLLOTTAA<br />
MOST BEAUTIFUL<br />
CHRISTMAS SONGS<br />
UNSUITABLE FOR<br />
CHILDREN<br />
ON THE first Thursday of the month<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> City Museum KAMU runs a meetup<br />
for parents with babies. Explore history<br />
with other parents in a hands-on<br />
experience using all the senses. At the<br />
last meet-up of the year, we will be singing<br />
familiar Christmas cons and tasting<br />
traditional Christmas foods. Big brothers<br />
and sisters are also welcome.<br />
› Pram meet-ups at KAMU: A century<br />
of Christmas Thurs 5 December<br />
12:00–13:00, Exhibition Centre<br />
WeeGee. Free entry.<br />
THIS FASCINATING Christmas puppet<br />
show has been filling auditoriums and<br />
getting everyone into the Christmas<br />
spirit for almost 20 years. Get ready for<br />
Christmas with the endearing dog Duppaduulix,<br />
the Christmas elves and musicians.<br />
The concert is suitable for friends<br />
of music and puppetry of all ages.<br />
› Joulu tulla jollottaa Tues 10<br />
December 10.15–11:00, Sellosali.<br />
Tickets €12. Supervised groups of<br />
children: €9 per child, supervisors €1.<br />
Bookings: toimisto@nukketeatterisampo.fi<br />
or phone: 020 735 2235<br />
THE MOST beautiful Christmas songs fill<br />
Tapiolasali on 11 December when conductor<br />
and singer Pasi Hyökki and the Tapiola<br />
Sinfonietta lead the audience in celebrating<br />
Christmas. The concert is part of the<br />
Most Beautiful Christmas Songs campaign<br />
which helps children with difficult lives<br />
around the world. At the concert, you will<br />
be able to make a voluntary donation to<br />
the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission<br />
or to Tapiola church to help with its work<br />
for children in developing countries.<br />
› The Most Beautiful Christmas<br />
Songs Wed 11 December 18:00–19:00,<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> Cultural Centre, Tapiolasali.<br />
Free entry.<br />
STORIES WITH a difference (certificate<br />
18) is a guided tour for adults only taking<br />
a rather different approach to stories<br />
from history from the Stone Age to<br />
urbanisation. Illicit indulgence and violent<br />
acts, scandals and ghost stories are<br />
on the cards in the A thousand stories<br />
about <strong>Espoo</strong> exhibition.<br />
› Stories with a difference (certificate<br />
18) Fri 13 December, 20.12 and<br />
27.12 18:00–19:00, <strong>Espoo</strong> City Museum<br />
KAMU, Exhibition Centre WeeGee.<br />
Free entry.<br />
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JANUARY<br />
More events: espoo.fi › City of <strong>Espoo</strong> › What’s on<br />
TEATTERI<br />
RÖNTGENSALI<br />
PRESENTS<br />
A FRIENDSHIP between three people,<br />
formed in childhood, has been on a long<br />
hiatus. Different stages in life bring the<br />
trio back together. Each of them have<br />
taken a different path and there is no<br />
guarantee that the sense of togetherness<br />
created when they were children<br />
will still be there. The play Kuka oon,<br />
joko arvaan sen? (Who am I? Can you<br />
guess?)tells a little bit about the lives of<br />
Pippi, Tommy and Annika. The themes<br />
span ageing, death, happiness and love.<br />
› Kuka oon, joko arvaan sen? Sat 4<br />
January, Sun 5 January, Sat 11<br />
January and Sun 12 January 14:00.<br />
Karatalo. Tickets: rontgensali.fi<br />
HUMANITY<br />
HOW DOES a person become human?<br />
How do we retain our ability to function<br />
and our humanity in exceptional circumstances?<br />
Thoughts on these questions<br />
can be found in the life and art of<br />
artist and educationalist Aleksanteri<br />
Ahola-Valo (1900–1997) until 19 January.<br />
The key themes of the exhibition<br />
The Way to a Life of Values – Aleksanteri<br />
Ahola-Valo are the battle between<br />
light and dark, humanity and ways of<br />
life. Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s works enter<br />
into a dialogue with Ahola-Valo’s work.<br />
› The Way to a Life of Values –<br />
Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo Tues–<br />
Sat 11:00–16:00. Sun 11:00–17:00.<br />
Gallen-Kallela Museum. On Sundays<br />
tickets cost €9 and include a guided<br />
tour at 1 p.m.<br />
COMEDY AND SHARP<br />
OBSERVATION<br />
ULLA TAPANINEN’S Lava-ammuntaa VI<br />
(Six Pack) is the sixth independent part<br />
in the actress’ popular series of performances<br />
and had its premiere at Ryhmäteatteri<br />
in autumn <strong>2019</strong>. In the show,<br />
which tours Finland in spring 2020,<br />
Tapaninen, who has been entertaining<br />
Finland for more than 40 years, tackles<br />
everyday phenomena in her own inimitable<br />
style.<br />
› Lava-ammuntaa VI Friday 31<br />
January 19:00, Sellosali.<br />
Tickets: lippu.fi<br />
KIBECON TAKES OVER<br />
SELLO LIBRARY<br />
A FREE event is being run at Sello<br />
library on the Epiphany weekend.<br />
Jointly organised by <strong>Espoo</strong> town library<br />
and fans, Kibecon brings friends of<br />
anime, manga and gaming together at<br />
the library. The event features talks,<br />
workshops, cosplay contests, dance<br />
performances, an art corner, sales and<br />
plenty to play, try out and experience<br />
for all ages. There will also be a free<br />
programme of evening events in Sellosali.<br />
This year’s theme at Kibecon is<br />
magic.<br />
› Kibecon 4–5 January 11:00–17:00.<br />
Sello library.<br />
GET INTO THE<br />
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT<br />
AT GLIMS<br />
IT’S TIME for an old-fashioned<br />
Christmas again at Glims Farmstead<br />
Museum. The farmhouse will be<br />
decorated for Christmas from the<br />
start of Advent to 13th January.<br />
At weekends Glims Farmstead<br />
Museum welcomes visitors keen to<br />
get into the Christmas spirit with<br />
a Christmas programme including<br />
story time, making traditional decorations,<br />
learning how Christmas<br />
was celebrated in the past and<br />
musical performances. Tilkki-<br />
Vihtori cottage is also open and<br />
decorated for Christmas.<br />
At Lucia, Bemböle school’s Lucia<br />
procession will take place at Glims<br />
in Swedish. Find out about the way<br />
St Lucia’s day is celebrated and<br />
the history of the tradition on the<br />
Lucia, the bringer of light tour.<br />
It is also Christmas at the<br />
museum shop in the main building.<br />
The shop is full of old-time<br />
Christmas products. You’ll find nostalgic<br />
and modern gifts, beautiful<br />
cards and Christmas food.<br />
Between Christmas and New<br />
Year you can see what the portents<br />
of the past have to predict<br />
for the year ahead. On the Out with<br />
the old, in with the new tour, visitors<br />
explore the magic and customs<br />
of year end. The St Knut goat will<br />
be visiting Glims on 12 January to<br />
round off the Christmas season.<br />
See the whole programme at<br />
kulttuuriespoo.fi/glims.<br />
› Christmas at Glims Farmstead<br />
Museum 1 December–12 January.<br />
Open Tues–Fri 10:00–16:00, Sun<br />
11:00–16:00 and Sat 7 December<br />
14 December and 21 December<br />
at 10:00–16:00. The museum will<br />
also open at 10 on Sunday 8<br />
December, 15 December and 22<br />
December. The museum is closed<br />
on 6 December, 24–26 December,<br />
31 December–1 January and 6 January.<br />
Museum entry fees: €4/€3.<br />
Entrance free for under 18s. Free<br />
entry on Wednesdays.<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
RARE PIECES IN<br />
TAPIOLASALI<br />
TAPIOLA SINFONIETTA launches a<br />
collaboration with one of the most<br />
famous academies for string players<br />
in the world, the Kronberg Academy.<br />
The stunning soloists are winner of the<br />
Seoul International Music Competition<br />
Fumika Mohri and winner of the Lionel<br />
Tertis International Viola Competition<br />
Timothy Ridout. The programme of rare<br />
gems is conducted by British conductor<br />
Jonathan Bloxham.<br />
› Tapiola Sinfonietta: Kronberg<br />
Academy Fri 14 February 19:00–21:00,<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> Cultural Centre, Tapiolasali.<br />
Tickets: lippu.fi<br />
EKM<br />
TACITA DEAN’S ART<br />
AT EMMA<br />
EMMA’S 2020 exhibition programme<br />
opens with one of today’s most internationally<br />
renowned modern artists,<br />
Tacita Dean. The exhibition is her first<br />
extensive one-person show in the Nordic<br />
countries. Dean is especially known<br />
for 16 mm films and her work to preserve<br />
the tradition of analogue film<br />
but also for large-sale chalk drawings<br />
that command the space. The exhibition<br />
comprises key works from the artist’s<br />
career.<br />
› Tacita Dean 26 February–3 May,<br />
Exhibition Centre WeeGee.<br />
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TEXT TIMO HÄMÄLÄINEN<br />
PHOTO TIMO PORTHAN<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> Figure Skating Club has<br />
been actively offering opportunities<br />
to upper comprehensive<br />
school children in <strong>Espoo</strong>. This<br />
autumn, 7–9 students have<br />
attended their Wednesdayafternoon<br />
training every week.<br />
YOU CAN, FOR<br />
EXAMPLE, TRY OUT<br />
FIGURE SKATING<br />
ON WEDNESDAY<br />
AFTERNOONS.<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
AFTERNOON<br />
HOBBIES:<br />
NORTHERN ESPOO:<br />
› Gym (Fressi Koskelo) 15–16<br />
Free Hobbies for<br />
UPPER COMPREHENSIVE<br />
SCHOOL CHILDREN<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> offers all citizens a broad spectrum of opportunities for<br />
free hobbies. Its Wednesday-afternoon hobby sessions for upper<br />
comprehensive school children have been well received.<br />
Last year, <strong>Espoo</strong> launched<br />
a trial that is aiming to<br />
activate upper comprehensive<br />
school children<br />
through sports and cultural<br />
hobbies. There are dozens of different<br />
hobbies on offer.<br />
All upper comprehensive<br />
school timetables have been<br />
drawn up so that school ends by<br />
2:30 pm at the latest on Wednesdays.<br />
This gives young people<br />
free time for hobbies.<br />
“We’ve received a lot of positive<br />
feedback. The number of participants<br />
has grown on the previous<br />
year. About 800 upper comprehensive<br />
school children take part<br />
on a weekly basis,” says sports coordinator<br />
Camilo Miettinen.<br />
SPORTS AND EXERCISE-RELATED<br />
HOBBIES are organised by <strong>Espoo</strong><br />
Sports Services and 33 sports<br />
clubs. The majority of these provide<br />
activities that are open to<br />
everyone. Some of the clubs offer<br />
practice sessions to upper comprehensive<br />
school members<br />
with particular sporting goals.<br />
Fencing, athletics, rhythmic<br />
gymnastics and ice skating<br />
have all grown in popularity. A<br />
number of more exotic disciplines<br />
were also introduced this<br />
autumn, such as rugby, Krav<br />
Maga, cricket and futsal.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>’s youth services also<br />
offer plenty of opportunities for<br />
hobbies, such as digital gaming,<br />
cooking, baking, sports and<br />
multi-activity clubs.<br />
The best way to find out about<br />
the range of free hobbies on offer<br />
is to search online at harrastushaku.fi<br />
using the search term<br />
yläkoululaisille.<br />
ESPOO WANTS TO GET its other<br />
residents moving as well.<br />
“We’ve created a service path<br />
that offers free activities for everyone<br />
from babies to grandparents,”<br />
says Martti Merra, Director<br />
of Sports and Youth Activities.<br />
Töpinät is a group where<br />
2–8-year-olds can get some exercise<br />
with their parents. Wau,<br />
Muuvi and Jumppi are groups<br />
aimed at children from primary<br />
school age up to age 18. All these<br />
groups are free of charge.<br />
All <strong>Espoo</strong> residents over<br />
the age of 68 get a +68 Sports<br />
Bracelet that gives them free<br />
entry to gyms, instructor-led fitness<br />
sessions, and swimming<br />
halls. About 15,000 bracelets are<br />
currently in active use.<br />
› You can find out more<br />
about the sport and exercise<br />
opportunities on offer at<br />
www.espooliikkuu.fi.<br />
CENTRAL ESPOO:<br />
› Football (EBK-Honka<br />
Arena) 15–16<br />
› Finnish baseball (Vanttila<br />
School) 15–16.30<br />
› Cricket (Kannusillanmäki<br />
sports hall, shelter) 15–17<br />
MATINKYLÄ-OLARI:<br />
› Futsal (Tiistilä School) 15–16<br />
› Rhythmic gymnastics<br />
(Opinmäki School) 15–16.30<br />
LEPPÄVAARA:<br />
› Swimming and diving<br />
(Leppävaara Swimming<br />
Hall) 15–16<br />
› Football (LePa Arena) 15–16<br />
› Gym (Fressi<br />
Leppävaara) 15–16<br />
ESPOONLAHTI:<br />
› Basketball (Nöykkiö<br />
School) 15–16<br />
› Volleyball (Martinkallio<br />
School) 15–16<br />
› Tennis (Aktia-Tennis) 15–16<br />
TAPIOLA:<br />
› Rugby (Pohjois-Tapiola<br />
School) 15–16<br />
› Football (Esport Arena) 15–16<br />
› Skating (Metro Arena) 15–16<br />
› Krav Maga (<strong>Espoo</strong>n Krav<br />
Maga) 15–16<br />
All these and more free<br />
Wednesday hobbies arranged<br />
by <strong>Espoo</strong> sports and youth<br />
services can be found at www.<br />
harrastushaku.fi with the<br />
search word ‘yläkoululaisille’.<br />
14
<strong>Espoo</strong> – an<br />
innovative City<br />
INSIGHT<br />
TEXT TIIA MERIKANTO ILLUSTRATION IKON IMAGES / LEHTIKUVA<br />
1<br />
THE ISO Omena Service Centre is a concept<br />
for public services that seeks to make everyday<br />
services easier to use. The Service Centre<br />
includes a library, youth services, a maternity<br />
and child health clinic, a health centre, mental<br />
health and substance abuse services, the<br />
Social Insurance Institution (KELA), a HUSLAB<br />
laboratory and HUS medical imaging services.<br />
The personnel know which other services are<br />
available and can preemptively steer customers<br />
towards the right type of assistance.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> was one of the six finalists in the European<br />
Commission’s European Capital of Innovation<br />
(iCapital) Award. This success follows <strong>Espoo</strong>’s win<br />
at the Intelligent Community Awards 2018. <strong>Espoo</strong><br />
earned it thanks to its innovative development<br />
projects.<br />
2<br />
THE BUSINESS <strong>Espoo</strong> corporate service network<br />
supports commercial vitality by providing<br />
a range of continually developing services.<br />
Business <strong>Espoo</strong> makes it quicker and easier to<br />
get things done, as all the services are available<br />
under one roof. Business <strong>Espoo</strong> also organises<br />
corporate events at which entrepreneurs can<br />
easily network and access useful information.<br />
4UPPER SECONDARY school students learn ethical<br />
hacking on the Hack with <strong>Espoo</strong> course.<br />
The students are taught about new trends in<br />
information security, hacking, and its ethics<br />
and tools. Towards the end of the course, they<br />
get to test the City of <strong>Espoo</strong>’s IT security. The<br />
security firm Second Nature Security (2NS) is<br />
one of the city’s main partners for both implementation<br />
and organisation.<br />
3<br />
THE MAKE with <strong>Espoo</strong> collaboration model<br />
develops and pilots digital services for a variety<br />
of purposes, such as collaborative support<br />
for education between children, teachers and<br />
companies. This co-creation springs from citizens’<br />
needs. Make with <strong>Espoo</strong> helps all of the<br />
city’s actors to work together to create a better<br />
living environment and better services.<br />
’’<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
BRINGS<br />
EUR 100,000<br />
FOR DEVELOPING<br />
INNOVATIONS.<br />
ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/<strong>2019</strong> >> 15
PEARL<br />
UPPER SECONDARY STUDENTS WANTED<br />
A LIBRARY FOR EVERYONE<br />
THE CITY library’s newest branch in Otaniemi<br />
was born when upper secondary students<br />
asked for a proper library in their school.<br />
“The students also planned how the library<br />
would work for other customer groups<br />
from preschoolers to seniors. They thought<br />
it was great to get a space on school premises<br />
where all age groups could meet. And a<br />
library really is a natural place for that,” says<br />
Chief Library Pedagogue Marjukka Peltonen.<br />
The students give reading tips to preschoolers,<br />
and from now on will also provide<br />
seniors with advice on digital issues.<br />
“As requested by the students, there is<br />
space for both quiet study and working together.”<br />
Otaniemi’s new upper secondary school<br />
and library are housed in a renovated commercial<br />
building (Tietotie 6). In addition to<br />
a school for 800 students, the building also<br />
provides office space for 700 civil servants.<br />
There is also a conference centre and<br />
sports facilities for <strong>Espoo</strong> residents to use.<br />
The library opened in August and was<br />
empty when school started.<br />
“The idea was to see how the space would<br />
fill up. Books drifted in from other libraries<br />
and we also made some new acquisitions.”<br />
The library has its own door next to the<br />
school’s main entrance. You can get into the<br />
library using your Helmet library card from<br />
7:00 to 22:00. In addition to the self-service<br />
hours, library staff will be present during<br />
service hours, that is, 14:00 to 20:00 on<br />
Mondays, and 9:00 to 16:00 from Tuesday<br />
to Friday. JUHA PELTONEN<br />
Upper secondary school<br />
students Frida Korvenoja,<br />
Ella Liukkonen and Amanda<br />
Järvinen wanted a school<br />
library open for everyone.<br />
Marjukka Peltonen says that<br />
events at the library are<br />
even run for library dogs.<br />
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TIMO PORTHAN<br />
4/<strong>2019</strong> ESPOO MAGAZINE >> 17
SERVICE<br />
Finnoo<br />
Housing production that<br />
puts the environment first<br />
An urban seaside<br />
living room is rising<br />
up around the Finnoo<br />
metro station. Very<br />
little virgin nature will<br />
be destroyed.<br />
GROWTH FIGURES<br />
AREA TO BE<br />
DEVELOPED (HA)<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> is a continually<br />
growing city. Space for<br />
growth is also being<br />
sought in Finnoo. During<br />
the 2020s and 2030s, this now<br />
sparsely populated industrial and<br />
warehousing district will become<br />
a major residential area dominated<br />
by apartment blocks.<br />
“We need to find places to<br />
which we can steer <strong>Espoo</strong>’s population<br />
growth. The number of residents<br />
in the Finnoo-Kaitaa area is<br />
expected to grow by no less than<br />
20–25,000 people,” says Finnoo<br />
Project Manager Kimmo Leivo.<br />
Construction of Finnoo’s new<br />
residential area was launched this<br />
autumn, and it is largely scheduled<br />
for completion during the 2030s.<br />
The idea was to build an urban<br />
neighbourhood of apartment<br />
buildings alongside the metro.<br />
“The apartments will have<br />
sea views, which is quite rare<br />
in <strong>Espoo</strong>. Finnoo’s coastline is<br />
mainly owned by the city, so we<br />
can design a shared seaside living<br />
room for everyone,” says Leivo.<br />
NEW RESIDENTIAL AREA DESIGNED<br />
WITH THE LANDSCAPE IN MIND<br />
“This won’t be a traditional grid –<br />
the zoning is very spacious. Very<br />
little untouched nature will have<br />
to be destroyed, as we have located<br />
housing in areas that have<br />
previously been used for other<br />
purposes,” says Leivo.<br />
He cites two examples: the<br />
industrial area around the water<br />
treatment plant and the cityowned<br />
coastal region that has<br />
mainly been used for warehousing.<br />
The history of each area is also<br />
being taken into consideration:<br />
the old spirit of the industrial area<br />
will be visible in its new buildings<br />
and in the “monuments” that will<br />
be left in each area.<br />
THE METRO STATION WILL LIE AT<br />
THE HEART OF THE ENTIRE AREA.<br />
Grocery stores and other services<br />
have been designed around<br />
it. Healthcare and other municipal<br />
services can be found at Iso<br />
Omena, which is only a one-anda-half-minute<br />
metro ride away.<br />
An average of 1,000 new residents<br />
per year are expected during<br />
the 2020s. Daycare services<br />
are expected to open relatively<br />
quickly, and the first school during<br />
the 2020s.<br />
Finnoo will also act as a role<br />
model for sustainable development.<br />
Energy efficiency has been<br />
considered in both transport and<br />
construction.<br />
“The metro and its easy accessibility<br />
will play a key role in<br />
this. Safe light traffic routes will<br />
encourage people to walk and<br />
cycle. Criteria for energy efficiency<br />
have also been placed on the area’s<br />
developers,” says Leivo, listing the<br />
indicators for sustainable development.<br />
TIINA PARIKKA<br />
espoo.fi/finnoo<br />
300<br />
NEW APARTMENTS<br />
9,000<br />
NEW<br />
RESIDENTS<br />
17,000<br />
PARKING<br />
SPACES<br />
6,000<br />
FINNOO’S DEVELOPMENT<br />
<strong>2019</strong> 2020s 2023 2030s<br />
Construction of the first<br />
residential buildings begins<br />
First daycare centres<br />
and schools<br />
Metro traffic<br />
launched<br />
Construction<br />
at its peak<br />
18
Central functions<br />
Finnoo is being built<br />
around the metro.<br />
Balconies will have<br />
a sea view, and<br />
services will only be<br />
a one-and-a-halfminute<br />
metro ride<br />
away.<br />
CEDERQVIST & JÄNTTI ARKKITEHDIT OY<br />
A mix of housing and central functions<br />
Centre/Local centre<br />
New residential area to be developed<br />
New, existing commercial area<br />
currently under development<br />
Cultural history site<br />
Holiday home area<br />
Metro station entrance<br />
Metro line<br />
Pedestrian and cycle route<br />
Need for light traffic route<br />
Main cycle route<br />
Recreational route<br />
Waterfront Walkway<br />
Recreational area<br />
FLYING SQUIRRELS ALWAYS CONSIDERED<br />
FINNOO IS home to bird wetlands, and their preservation<br />
has been one of the top planning priorities.<br />
The area’s birdlife includes 20 slavonian grebes.<br />
The Siberian flying squirrel, which is an endangered<br />
species in Finland, lives in old, spruce-dominated<br />
mixed forests. It spends its entire life within a<br />
single territory. The six flying squirrels in the Finnoo<br />
area have therefore partially determined the location<br />
of the green areas that will be preserved.<br />
The bottom of <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahti bay has the most robust<br />
distribution of the endangered Macroplea pubipennis<br />
leaf beetle in Finland. Two have been sighted<br />
in the Nuottalahti area of Finnoo. Planning has paid<br />
attention to protecting these individuals.<br />
ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/<strong>2019</strong> >> 19
SWEDISH IN ESPOO<br />
MATTLIDENS SKOLA<br />
The Nordic<br />
region in focus<br />
IN SCHOOLS AND<br />
DAY-CARE CENTRES<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> is focusing on developing<br />
cooperation between the Nordic<br />
countries. The aim is for all <strong>Espoo</strong>’s<br />
Swedish-speaking schools and day-care<br />
centres to have a friendship school in<br />
another Nordic country.<br />
Text Jenni von Frenckell<br />
CLASS 9D AT<br />
MATTLIDEN<br />
SKOLA VISITED<br />
COPENHAGEN IN<br />
EARLY AUTUMN.<br />
20
SINCE THE START of the year, Swedish-language education<br />
services in <strong>Espoo</strong> have been focusing on the<br />
Nordic countries and pan-Nordic cooperation. This<br />
is all part of the programme for internationalisation<br />
and global education, which highlights Nordic cooperation.<br />
“I hope that the work will broaden the way the<br />
children and students think about the Nordic region.<br />
We want children and young people to feel that they<br />
are part of a broader context and to get to know<br />
other cultures as well,” explains Ida Stolt-Haglund,<br />
Development Manager at the City of <strong>Espoo</strong>.<br />
Stolt-Haglund estimates that about a fifth of<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>’s schools and day-care centres<br />
have a Nordic contact. The target for<br />
2020 is for this figure to reach 30 percent.<br />
“Our long-term goal is for all<br />
Swedish-speaking schools and daycare<br />
centres in <strong>Espoo</strong> to have a friendship<br />
school or a friendship day-care<br />
centre in another Nordic country.<br />
There is great interest in the Nordic<br />
region and we hope that the initiative<br />
will lead to systematic cooperation<br />
between the Nordic countries.”<br />
NEW CONTACTS AND JOINT PROJECTS.<br />
This autumn, the city ran a themed<br />
day on Nordic cooperation for education<br />
sector staff. The purpose of the<br />
day was to provide schools and day-care centres with<br />
practical tips and tools.<br />
Cooperation with a school or day-care centre can<br />
take different forms. Staff often get in touch and get<br />
to know each other. They might run a joint project<br />
and sometimes the group might receive visits or visit<br />
a school in another Nordic country themselves.<br />
“But travelling isn’t the main thing. The ideal is for<br />
all units to find a form of cooperation that works for<br />
them. Of course, a group of day-care centre children<br />
can’t travel abroad but they might be able to contact<br />
children in other countries over Skype,” says Stolt-<br />
Haglund.<br />
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL VIA THE NORDEN I SKOLAN PLAT-<br />
FORM. Mattliden is one of the schools that already<br />
has a friendship school. Homeroom teacher and<br />
The ideal is<br />
for all units to<br />
find a form of<br />
cooperation<br />
that works for<br />
them.<br />
mother tongue and literature teacher Susann Etzell<br />
first set up the contact with Stavnholtskolen in Denmark.<br />
Etzell got in touch with the school through the<br />
Nordic education platform Norden i Skolan.<br />
“I wrote that we are interested in literature and<br />
culture and were looking for a friendship school in<br />
Denmark. One of the teachers there replied and that’s<br />
how our partnership started. We started exchanging<br />
e-mails and the end result was class 9D’s project trip<br />
to Copenhagen this autumn,” says Etzell.<br />
The students had been fundraising for the trip<br />
since they started year seven when they were 13 and<br />
they were aged 15 to 16 when they went to Denmark.<br />
Actively involved parents are essential<br />
on top of the students’ own efforts.<br />
“We wouldn’t have been able to run<br />
the trip without excellent collaboration<br />
with Denmark and committed<br />
parents on board,” Etzell points out.<br />
TIVOLI AND SHOPPING BEST. Students<br />
Jessica Ronimus, Hanna Branders,<br />
Nicole Thesleff, Rebecca Friman,<br />
Lene Murtomäki, Nicole Aarnio,<br />
Ellen Partinen and Rebecka Kaseva<br />
took part in the four-day trip. With the<br />
rest of the group, the girls sold calendars<br />
that they made themselves, biscuits<br />
and theatre tickets and found<br />
sponsorship.<br />
“We worked really hard. Sometimes<br />
it was tough selling the products but it was worth the<br />
effort, the trip was brilliant” the girls explain.<br />
The <strong>Espoo</strong> students got to know students in the<br />
friendship school in Copenhagen in advance via<br />
e-mail and social media. They learned about each<br />
other’s schools and local areas and also read a Danish<br />
book.<br />
They had a packed programme on their four days<br />
in Denmark. One day was spent in Stavnholtskolen<br />
with students in the partner school. The group also<br />
managed to see lots of sights, including a tour of the<br />
Folketing, the Danish parliament.<br />
When asked to sum up the trip, the students say<br />
that the Tivoli and shopping were the best parts and<br />
that the trip to Denmark made team spirit in the<br />
class loads better and they got to know each other<br />
better too.<br />
ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/<strong>2019</strong> >> 21
THE PEOPLE OF ESPOO<br />
Art at the mall<br />
TIMO PORTHAN<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> artists will be displaying their work at the Sello shopping<br />
centre. You can also borrow artworks before deciding to buy.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> Artotheque and Galleria<br />
Aarni have moved into the Sello<br />
shopping centre in Leppävaara.<br />
“This is a great location. Customers<br />
come in every day, and people<br />
are finding their way to our new location.<br />
We’re very satisfied,” says Vera Koura, the<br />
art lending service’s coordinator.<br />
Borrowing an artwork is a great way to<br />
experience how an intriguing piece would<br />
look in your home.<br />
The art lending service has works by<br />
about a hundred <strong>Espoo</strong> artists. Galleria<br />
Aarni also operates out of the same premises,<br />
and the artworks on display here can<br />
also be borrowed.<br />
Customers can borrow an artwork for<br />
a month at a time. The fee is five per cent<br />
of the piece’s total price, with a minimum<br />
payment of 20€. The piece can be returned<br />
whenever during the loan period, or the<br />
loan can be extended by paying a new<br />
monthly fee.<br />
“If the customer becomes attached to<br />
the piece, they can buy it for themselves.<br />
And that’s what usually happens. You can<br />
buy an artwork by paying the remaining<br />
amount of its total price. And you can of<br />
course buy pieces in one lump payment,”<br />
says Koura.<br />
THE ART LENDING SERVICE and gallery are run<br />
by <strong>Espoo</strong> Visual Artists, whose membership<br />
includes about 140 professional artists from<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>. The association’s chairperson, Tatu<br />
Vuorio, is happy with the new premises.<br />
“Galleria Aarni was previously located in<br />
the Heikintori shopping centre in Tapiola.<br />
We got stuck there amidst all the construction<br />
work, and art enthusiasts couldn’t really<br />
find us. Now we’re in a place that is full<br />
of people. The new gallery is also much<br />
bigger.”<br />
Vuorio is particularly pleased that<br />
Sello’s managers and owners had confidence<br />
in a new kind of operating model,<br />
in which art can be brought into a shopping<br />
centre.<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong> Visual Artists will be celebrating<br />
its 50th anniversary this year. This autumn,<br />
Galleria Aarni will be displaying several<br />
new gems of <strong>Espoo</strong> art. Entrance to the exhibitions<br />
is free.<br />
TIMO HÄMÄLÄINEN<br />
Vera Koura<br />
working at the<br />
art lending<br />
service.<br />
“People can see<br />
the art in their<br />
own homes and<br />
also pay to own<br />
a work,” Koura<br />
explains.<br />
ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/<strong>2019</strong> >> 23
Fiksu otta<br />
BE SMART<br />
– GET VACCINATED<br />
Make an appointment online<br />
espoo.fi/e-healthcentre<br />
Make an appointment by telephone<br />
Health Centres:<br />
› <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahti, Iso Omena, Kalajärvi, Kilo,<br />
Kivenlahti, Leppävaara, Samaria, Tapiola,<br />
Kivenlahti tel. 09 816 34500<br />
› Oma Lääkärisi <strong>Espoo</strong>ntori tel. 09 855 4303<br />
› Oma Lääkärisi Matinkylä tel. 09 855 4100<br />
Maternity and child health clinic<br />
› tel. 09 816 22800<br />
Vaccinations without appointment<br />
› At main health centres on Saturdays<br />
30 November, 14, 21 December <strong>2019</strong>, 11 November 2020 from 9 to 16:<br />
• <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahden Health Centre, Merikansantie 4<br />
• Ison Omenan Health Centre, Palvelutori,<br />
kauppakeskuksen 3rd floor, Suomenlahdentie 1<br />
• Leppävaaran Health Centre, Kostaapelinkatu 2<br />
• Samarian Health Centre, Terveyskuja 2<br />
• Tapiolan Health Centre, Ahertajantie 2<br />
At service centres for senior citizens<br />
Influen<br />
Ajanvaraus avataan 11.11. ja ro<br />
Varaa aika etukäteen:<br />
www.espoo.fi/e-terveys<br />
› Wed 27 November from 10 to 15 Soukka Life and Living<br />
Centre for Senior Citizens, Soukankaari 7<br />
› Mon 2 December from 10 to 15 Kauklahti Life and Living<br />
Centre for Senior Citizens, Hansakartano 4<br />
› Thu 12 December <strong>2019</strong> and Thu 9 January 2020<br />
from 10 to 15 Tapiolan Service Centre for Senior<br />
Citizens, Länsituulenkuja 1 A<br />
› Tue 17 December <strong>2019</strong> and Fri 17 January 2020 from 10 to 15 Leppävaara<br />
Life and Living Centre for Senior Citizens, Säterinkatu 3<br />
When you get<br />
vaccinated, you also<br />
protect your loved ones,<br />
because the influenza<br />
virus does not spread<br />
Ajanvaraus puhelimitse<br />
<strong>Espoo</strong>nlahden, Ison Omenan, Kalajä<br />
Tapiolan ja Viherlaakson terveysase<br />
Oma Lääkärisi <strong>Espoo</strong>ntorin asiakkai<br />
Oma Lääkärisi Matinkylän asiakkaill<br />
Äitiys- ja lastenneuvolan asiakkaille<br />
Varaathan jokaiselle rokotettavalle o<br />
when enough<br />
Rokotukset people get ilman ajanvarausta<br />
vaccinated.<br />
Terveysasemilla la 30.11., 14.12. ja 21.12.<strong>2019</strong><br />
sekä 11.1.2020 klo 9–16<br />
• <strong>Espoo</strong>nlahden, Ison Omenan, Leppävaaran, Samarian ja Tap<br />
Seniorikeskuksissa<br />
Vaccination<br />
is the best<br />
protection<br />
against<br />
influenza.<br />
• Ke 27.11. klo 10–15 Soukan elä ja asu -seniorikeskus<br />
• Ma 2.12. klo 10–15 Kauklahden More elä ja information:<br />
asu -seniorikeskus<br />
• To 12.12.<strong>2019</strong> ja to 9.1.2020 klo<br />
espoo.fi/influenza<br />
10–15 Tapiolan palvelukeskus<br />
• Ti 17.12.<strong>2019</strong> ja pe 17.1.2020 klo 10–15 Leppävaaran elä ja asu<br />
Koulu- ja opiskeluterveydenhoitajat ilmoittavat koululaisten ja o<br />
Kotihoidon asiakkaat saavat rokotuksen kotihoidon käyntien yh<br />
Hoivakotien asukkaat saavat rokotuksen hoivakodissa.<br />
Influenssarokotteen saava<br />
• raskaana olevat